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Juvenile Delinquency: An Investigation of Risk Factors and Solutions.
Get PDFThis article proposes that educational and community based programs can help juveniles stay away from crime and prevent recidivism. A presentation of federal and state statistics, along with an analysis of the risk factors for delinquency, will be provided in order to illustrate the important areas that should be addressed in successful programs. Testimonies, including personal interviews with those who have experience working at the RI Training School, DCYF, Boys\u27 Town, Child and Family Services will be shared as evidence of the research found. Finally, recommendations based on the findings will be proposed
Homelessness: Causes, Culture and Community Development as a Solution
Get PDFThis thesis seeks to explain the reasons that homelessness occurs, and how it is currently being dealt with in public policy. Triggers and predictors of homelessness are explored and it is shown that triggers are almost always compounded, indicating a multitude of factors that lead to homelessness. The culture and community surrounding the homeless lifestyle is seen as playing a significant role in how the individual copes with their homelessness. The norms and values of their culture are investigated and its role in rehabilitation is explored. Current institutions for helping the homeless are analyzed for different success rates. Additionally, initiatives and solutions to homelessness from two Western countries, The United States and Denmark are compared for varying successes and failures. Based on the analyzed factors this thesis proposes what could be done to improve the situation of homeless individuals by shaping public policy. Specifically the benefits that community building programs of rehabilitation such as Assertive Community Treatment and Critical Time Intervention could offer if public policy was changed to increase their use are discussed. Specifically, Assertive Community Treatment and Critical Time Intervention are advocated for due to their ability to encourage community development in conjunction with its use of community creation as a tool in decreasing recidivism rates and creating long term solutions for homeless individuals and their reintegration into society
Beyond Biases and Barriers: Incorporating Women into International Clinical Research
Get PDFThe application of ethical principles in medical research has been a challenging issue because of the multiplicity of health care systems and the variations that exist in standards of care around the globe. This paper addresses the human rights issues that arise from the unethical treatment of women in clinical research worldwide. It includes the history of international human rights legislation as well as the problems that arose because of the exclusion of women from clinical trials. This paper includes a model for ethical clinical research based on the theories of a biologist and human rights scholar and a bio-ethicist, H. Beaqueart and Sunder Rajan. Finally a case study of a large scale clinical study is used to demonstrate that international human rights legislation and feminist ethical concerns can operate alongside each other in a framework for a successful research endeavor
The Josephs Family and a Summer Estate Called Louisiana
No full textThis account and photographic essay intertwines the family histories of Lyman Colt Josephs I (1853-1942) and his wife, the former Alice Vernon Wilson (1860-1940), with the story of their summer estate called Louisiana, located on Easton’s Point in Middletown. Both Lyman and Alice had distinguished New Orleans and Baltimore backgrounds that united to make Louisiana an extraordinary Newport summer residence
Thomas Merton and Jacques Ellul on technology and freedom
No full textThis qualitative analysis examines the thinking of Thomas Merton and Jacques Ellul on the impact that they believe technology and the idea of progress has had on human freedom. The thesis is that for both Merton and Ellul, modern technology itself and an uncritical acceptance of the idea of technological progress potentially inhibits the contemplative life and serves to deprive humanity of the God-given gift of freedom. Examining Merton and Ellul through theological, sociological, and political lenses allows a point-by-point comparison of a number of different ideas that directly relate to the impact that technology has had on the human condition. This comparison identifies commonalities of thought and traces some of the antecedents to their thought. Merton the Roman Catholic and Ellul the Protestant offer remarkably similar conclusions regarding the impact that technology has had on the human condition. As Christians, they provide a distinctly Christocentric view of freedom, and it is against this unique view that the impact of technology and the idea of progress is evaluated. Both men offer a third way, which is an approach that allows one to transcend the grip that the technological society maintains over the individual. They are examples of men not only thinking about the impact that technology has had on human freedom as much as they are individuals firmly committed to living out the ideals that they spent their lives articulating
Salve Regina University Sixty-Second Annual Commencement program, 2012
Get PDFThe Commencement program details the order of exercises, academic honors, and graduates.https://digitalcommons.salve.edu/commencement-programs/1064/thumbnail.jp
Belair
No full textIn late October 1849, an editorial in the Newport Daily News described houses then underway or recently completed, noting that “they are mostly being built on the hill; they are substantial, costly buildings, for this town, and add materially to its appearance.” Among these was the “beautiful” residence of a New York oil baron, Henry Allen Wright. As a prelude to construction, he had spent 25,000 on May 16, 1867. Three years later, the Normans undertook major renovations to the residence
A Postmodern Sense of Nostalgia: Demonstrating Through a Textual Analysis of Twin Peaks How Cult Membership Can Be Inculcated.
Get PDFThis paper explores a “cult” following in television, by looking at various aspects of the program Twin Peaks. It seeks to answer the questions of how a television show that aired for only two seasons over two decades ago was and still is able to garner such a loyal fandom, and is there some primary factor for developing this cult status? In order to answer these questions, aspects of media studies such as narrative complexity, authorship and the cult status of a show, as well as elements from the show itself, such as postmodernism and manufactured nostalgia must be teased out. This is mainly achieved by examining previous literature on the aforementioned topics as well as performing a close textual analysis of certain episodes from the show. Upon the synthesis of the literature and textual analysis, one is able to see that Twin Peaks has achieved cult status primarily due to David Lynch’s authorial stamp of post-modern nostalgia